Reflecting signal or advertising medium.



J. J. FITZGERALD.

REFLECTING SIGNAL OR ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1918.

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J J". FITZGERALD, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' REFLEG'IING SIGNAL 0R ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

Application filed June 18, 1518. Serial No. 246,574;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J. FITZGERALD, a'citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Les Angeles', in the county of Los Angeles' and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reflecting Signals or Advertising Mediums, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to reflecting signals or advertising mediums, and it .has for its object to provide improved means of this character constituting in the main an improvement over or departure from the submain in a device adapted to be stationed ject of another application for U. S. Letters Patent filed byAlfred H. Barnes and myself, May 22, 1918, Serial No. 236,019, for reflecting signals or advertising mediums. The invention in that caseconsisted in the adjacent to highways, in particular, and comprising a reflector, a transparent member forward of the reflector and bearing insignia or symbols adapted to be outlined and rendered visible by; 1i ht rays projected forwardly from the re ector, and means adj acent to the reflector for modifying rays of light received from passing road vehicles or other sources, prior to the projection of such rays. of light by the reflector. Thus, White or yellow rays received from automobile head lights could be given a violet tinge and then projected from the reflector around the wordings or symbols upon the transparent plate, and the latter caused to stand out boldly in relief in the midst of such violet rays. J

The present invention, while it relates to the same subject matter, deals only with the means for modifying the light rays. The general combinations of members and features are claimed in said other application, and the present invention, as stated, relates to. such combination modified to include a particular means for modifying the light rays received and to be reflected by the reflector.

The invention'has for its object to provide improved means of the general character stated which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and organization, compactness in form,;-e facility in construction and assemblage, and general efficiency and serviceability.

The invention consists in the novel and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

useful provision, formation, combination, association, and relative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawing, and finally pointed out in claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of means embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the same, taken upon the line a2 m Fig. 1, parts remaining in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a view in separate detached positi'on of a particular feature of the present improvement or invention; and,

Fig. 4 is a similar View of a further feature utilized in embodying the invention.

by the reflector 5, being first received from the lamp of a passing vehicle or other source of light, which rays pass inwardly to the re flector 5 through the transparent plate 6.

These rays strike the meansA, the particular feature of the present invention, which means modify such rays prior to their striking the reflector 5, whereupon such modified rays, changed, we will say, from one color to another, are reflected by the reflector 5 and projected forwardly through the transarent plate 6 so as to outline and cause to Be legible the symbols or writings or the like 9.

The means A in the present'case comprises are projected through the transparent plate 6 in the manner stated.

It is manifest that detail changes and variations may be made, in practising the invention, with respect to the particular formation, construction, combination and inter-relation of parts, members and features, herein described and pictured in the drawing, all without departing from the true spirit of the invention and afair interpretation thereof.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In means of the character disclosed, a reflector, a transparent plate, and means for modifying light rays received through the plate and to be reflected by the reflector back through the plate, such means comprising a hollow bulb provided with a neck, and means for positioning the same forwardly of the reflector by engagement with said neck.

2. In means'of the character disclosed, a reflector, a transparent plate, and means for modifying light rays received through the plate and to be reflected by the reflector back through the plate, .such means comprising a hollow bulb provided with a neck, and means for ositioning the same forwardly of the re ector by engagement with said neck; said last named means comprising a socket adapted to receive said neck.

3. In means of the character disclosed, a reflector, a transparent plate, and means for modifying light rays received through the plate and to be reflected by the reflector back through the Plate, such means comprislng a hollow bulb provided with a neck, and

means for positioning the same forwardly of the reflector by engagement with said neck; said last named means comprising a socket adapted to receive said neck; said bulb and said neck being hollow and in communication with each other.

4. In means of the character disclosed, a reflector, a transparent plate, and means 'for modifying light rays received through the plate and to be reflected by the reflector back through the plate, such means comprising a hollow bulb provided with a neck, and means for positioning the same forwardly of the reflector by engagement with said neck; said last named means comprising a socket adapted to receive said neck; said socket having projections adapted to be secured to the housing of said reflector.

5. In means of the character disclosed, a reflector, a transparent plate, and means for modifying light rays received through the plate and to be reflected by the reflector back through the plate, such means comprising a hollow bulb provided with a neck, and means for positioning the same forwardly of the reflector by engagement with said neck; said transparent plate being provided with symbols, characters or the like, adapted to be outlined by ,the reflection of modified light rays "from said reflector.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. FITZGERALD.

Witnesses:

WILLIS S. MITCHELL, J. Slim. 

